Best Linux distro for learning Linux

[Mr Robot]

I want to learn the Linux terminal but i don't which distro to use, i'd like to start with kali but i've heard that it's not good for beginners. Why? Also is there a step by step guide to learning it? It would also really help if i get some tips for learning it f possible

 

thanks in advance

[Nena Trinity]

Ubuntu I guess?

[Electronics Wizardy]

There all about the same. 

 

Kali is just debian with a ton of stuff installed for security testing.

 

 

[Sintezza]

Ubuntu Mate or Linux mint are both good choices to start with.

Depending on what kind of DE you prefer the most.

[xAcid9]

Do you even use Linux before?

[Mr Robot]

@Electronics Wizardy how comes people say it's no good for beginners

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, Mr Robot said:

@Electronics Wizardy how comes people say it's no good for beginners

I don't know. 

 

Most of the time its due to the fact that some of that preinstalled software is complicated. 

[Mr Robot]

I have used linux quite a bit and i actually prefer it to windows (and maybe even mac os) which is why i want to learn the terminal and get more familiar with it

[Electronics Wizardy]

1 minute ago, Mr Robot said:

I have used linux quite a bit and i actually prefer it to windows (and maybe even mac os) which is why i want to learn the terminal and get more familiar with it

Distro doesn't really matter, just install it and start using it.

[Misanthrope]

Linux mint or Fedora would be my recomendation. Mint is very close to Ubuntu but imho with far better interface options (Unity really sucks it was never meant to be for desktop usage but thought around touch devices) and Fedora well there's some differences and as a career choice you're more likely to run into Redhat (Fedora is basically the consumer version of Redhat).

 

While it's true that any distro will really serve you well to learn command line I consider easier to use distros better since you can always rely more on the GUI tools if you get stucked.

[Mr Robot]

ok thanks

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, Misanthrope said:

(Fedora is basically the consumer version of Redhat).

Centos is rhel.

 

Fedora is newer and basically a beta for redhat.

[steezemageeze]

Ubuntu (or it's spins) or Linux Mint, they're definitively the most noob-friendly. Do NOT use Kali, it isn't meant for desktop use in the first place, especially for someone learning.

[Sintezza]

7 minutes ago, Mr Robot said:

@Electronics Wizardy how comes people say it's no good for beginners

Debian probably because Debian on itself is not realy the most user friendly distribution out of the box.

Debian does not have things like a ppa system, that lets you add third party ppa´s like Ubuntu based distributions have.

There for its basicly a bit harder to install thirdparty non free software like codecs or whatnot..

The same story basicly goes for Fedora or CentOS, which are RPM based distributions.

 

[swordsman247]

I had the least trouble with Mint as far as getting it to run and using it.

[Mr Robot]

why is kali not meant for desktop use? is it beacause it's meant for pen testing

[Mr Robot]

And what about gentoo

[Sintezza]

1 minute ago, Mr Robot said:

And what about gentoo

Gentoo is nice, but not for a newbie.

Because you have to recompile every package you want to install yourself.

[Mr Robot]

i've heard people say that if you can learn gentoo you have learnt linux @Sintezza

[steezemageeze]

2 minutes ago, Mr Robot said:

why is kali not meant for desktop use? is it beacause it's meant for pen testing

Yes, it is only really made for penetration testing. Everything runs in root, which can be dangerous if you don't know what you're doing.

 

2 minutes ago, Mr Robot said:

And what about gentoo

Don't even try it unless you really know what you're doing. It's installation is very advanced

[Sintezza]

Just now, Mr Robot said:

i've heard people say that if you can learn gentoo you have learnt linux @Sintezza

 

Thats pretty fair enough yes.

I could definitely recommend to install Gentoo as a side project and go along with it.

But i would not recommend it for daily driver.

[Mr Robot]

can you not make an unroot accout

[steezemageeze]

3 minutes ago, Mr Robot said:

can you not make an unroot accout

I haven't used it so I can't say for sure, but I'm pretty sure that's a no. Kali really just shouldn't be used as a desktop installation.

[Sintezza]

The only advice i would give.

Just stay with one of the bigger distributions.

This will be way better for support.

THere are also gazillion spinoffs from spinoffs from spinoffs distributions, but those realy make no sense to me what so ever.

I have played with more then 35 distributions over the last 6 months.

And i do have a short list from which i think work the best atm.

But yeah that is just based on personal opinnions.

 

[Mr Robot]

OK thanks I think i'm going with Debian. But just so you know

http://linuxbsdos.com/2013/03/15/add-a-non-root-user-account-to-kali-linux/